Improvement in car-coupling



A. &' T. BEUOUS. GARUOUPLING;

No; 101,543. Patented June 21, .1870.

wdflyd tain Improvements in Gar-Couplings, of which the .narycoupling-link, as hereinafter explained.

longitudinal motion, and yet may have a strong longitudinal hearing, asclearly shown in figs. l and 3.

-'for operating it, as shown in fig. 1,

'qnently its attachments, in any position desired.

. by a rubber spring, G, placed in the lower part of the Zita-ital.fitting ABRAHAM'BEUGUS AND TENNES-BEUOUS, OF WAUPUN, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 104543, dated June 21, 1870.

W IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM Bnnous and Tnmzns BEUCUS, of Wanpnn, in thecounty of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented cerfollowing is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawing.

Our invention relates to car-couplings, and consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of certain mechanical devices for couplingcars, either with an arrow-headed. rotating coupling-bolt, or by theordi- In the drawing- -Figure 1 is a plan view of our devices, partly insection, looking against them from the under side, as attached to andcoupling the cars.

. Figure 2 is a top plan view ofa part detached.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the draw-heads andcoupling-link detached from the cars. fi Figure 4 is a longitudinalsection on theline y y of Figure 5 is a longitudinal section on the linea; 'a' of In constrnctingonr coupling devices, we make two draw-heads, Aand B, provided with shanks a and spiral springs b, for holding them inposition, and arranfige tlhem under the ends of adjoining cars, as shownin g. p

In the chambered end of the draw-head A is mounted an arrow-headedcoupling-bolt, ll, arranged so as to turn loosely in its bearings, andconstructed with a projection or enlargement, n, so that it may have noThis bolt 1) is provided with a short arm, 0, projecting from itseulargementn, and at right angles with its length, and this arm 0 isconnected loosely to. ahorizontal rod, d, whiclrin turn is in likemanner connected to an. arm, e, attached rigidly and at right angles toavcrtical rod, j, which extends above the roof of the car, where it isprovided with a handle, y,

The vertical rod f passes through eyes on thcend of the car, and has ashoulder on it near the lower eye, for supporting it. The upper eye 7:,through which-it passes, is provided with a rim or flange, projectingfrom its upper edge, which is provided with notches i, into which a pin,j, attached to and projecting from the rod. f, may catch when desired,as shown in fig. 2, so as to hold the rod f, and conse- In the end ofthe draw-head B are pivoted a pair of jaws, E, 'which have their freeends held forward draw-head for that purpose, as clearly shown in figs.1 and 3, and,when so pressed forward, are far enough apart to allow thehead of thobolt, D, when its parallcl sides are vertical, to passbetween them, as shown in fig. 3, and then to be turned and look behindthem,

as shown in fig. 1, the jaws and the frame of the drawhead beingconstructed and arranged as shown m the same figure.

Besides these devices, the operation of which will be more fullyexplained hereafter, we also construct placed and fastened upon thearrow-headed coupling bolt D, by simply passing it upon the end of thebolt,

" and then turning it half-way round, as clearly shown in figs. 4' and5. Its front end is provided with a suitable opening for inserting anordinary coupling link, I, and also with holes for a locking-bolu' Kpasshown in the samefigures.

Within the chamber of the draw-head B is placed an inner head, L,constructed'and arranged to slide therein, so that it may be used inconnection withacoupling-link.

This inner head consists of an upper and lower parallel piece,'connectedat their rear ends. A strong, bolt, 1), passes between these pieces, andis secured to the draw-head B, which allows the head L to slide forwarduntil its rear end bears against the bolt 1:.

The front ends of this head L are provided with holes for the admissionof locking-bolu as well as the front end of the draw-head, sothat alinkof the ordinary kind may be inserted in the end of the draw-head, and beattached or fastened to this inner head L.

This head L'is also prh'vided on its hndersid witlr a pin,--k, havingshoulders I close to theunder side of the head.

This pin 7'; passes though a slot, in, having circular ends 3, of thesize of the shoulders l,'so that, by means of this pin, the head L maybemoved backward and forward, and fastened in -position by means of theshoulder or the pin dropping into the circular openings 8, there beingroom enough in the chamber of the draw-head B to raise the head L farenough to by the rubber spring G, and the coupling will be complete.

If his desirednot to have the cars couple when they come together, thebolt-head may he loeked or fastened int-he proper position tosecure'this result.

.By means of the handle g, vertical rod f, and arms head-piece H'to theend of the" bolt, and bring forward the inner head-piece L, and coupleby inserting and fastening them, as above described.

In this way we construct and arrange a series of mechanical devices forcoupling cans either with a bolt or an ordinary coupling-link.

ZWe are aware that the rotating coupling-rod D is not new, and thereforewe do not claim that; but havmg thus described our invention,

What we claim is- 1.- The combination of the vertical rod 1, provided 1with a suitable locking device, and the rotating coupling-rod D, whensaid parts are connected by the arms 0 and e, and link (I, all arrangedas herein described.

2. The rod f, provided with the pin j,in combination with the notchedplate h, for locking the coup-.

ling in position, as set forth.

3. The supplemental head H, constructed as herein described, so as to beattached to or removed from the end of the coupling boltD,'suhstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with a chambered draw-head, provided with-'fixedholt pand slot 8, the inner sliding head L, having a shouldered pin, 7:,attached, .constructed substantially as herein described, and for thepurpose set forth.

ABRAHAM BEUGUS. 1 TENNES BEUQUS.

Witnesses:

- W. H, TAYLOR,

JOHN LANDAAL.

